Last summer, the “Ice Bucket” challenge raised milllions of dollars to fight ALS. In the same Spirit, former PUMC Associate Pastor Peter Jamieson (who is now the Pastor at Asbury UMC in Egg Harbor) has been challenging area churches (and even the bishop) to raise 250 pounds of food to be donated to a local food pantry.
Here’s one of the initial challenges from Pastor Peter….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHqnJppNR4
The challenge has spread and has now reached PUMC. Lori Mitchell, the youth leader of the Trinity UMC in Clayton, has challenged our BLAST Youth Group to raise 400 pounds of food (or the equivalent dollar amount) to be donated to the Pitman Food Pantry.
Here’s the video…
We’ve Been Flocked!!!
On Sunday March 15 the following sign was taped to our door…
And Pink Flamingos Lined our Sidewalk!
To call attention to the challenge, members of the Clayton G5 youth Group placed pink flamingos along our sidewalk and taped a message on our door announcing that we had been “flocked” by the G5 Youth Ministries of Trinity UMC, Clayton.
We’re on it! At PUMC we also have a BLAST Glorifying God, Growing in our faith, Gathering with friends, Going into the world, and Giving back to God and community. Christianity is all about practicing the G5s, and we’re honored to join with our Brothers and Sisters in Clayton!
We’re on track to raise at least 400 pounds of food during the next 4 months. This challenge might appear to be social media “hype”, but along the way, we’re going to raise awareness of hunger and to help feed the poor in Pitman.
This comes at a critical time, since the Pitman Food Pantry is currently in desperate need of staples such as cereal, peanut butter & jelly, and canned fruit. We’ve already placed a basket in our Narthex. It bears the sign “400 lbs of Food Please”, but it’s only the first of many baskets that will be filled before this is over.
400 Lbs of Food Please!
Our Pantry Food Collection Cart is Ready
Stay tuned for details… and for our own challenge! We’re already shopping for flocks of pink flamingos… Where will they land???
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For more information on our BLAST Youth group, Click Here.
